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  Yoga sect allegedly exploited women to lure men like Domingo

  Former members of a sect-like Argentine group say women in the group were called “geishas” and “slaves.”

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  Placido Domingo's name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe

  Opera star Placido Domingo's name has appeared in an investigation of a sect-like group in Argentina that also had U.S. offices and whose leaders have been charged with numerous crimes, including sexual exploitation

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  Teresa Berganza, sultry-voiced mezzo-soprano revered for her portrayal of Carmen and her performances of Mozart and Rossini – obituary

  Teresa Berganza, who has died aged 89, was a Spanish mezzo-soprano who won the hearts of British opera lovers in 1958 with a sensational debut as Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Glyndebourne; one critic wrote that she sang with “a charming mixture of childlike puzzlement and fretful longings, her roving eye holding a promise of danger”.

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  Sonya Yoncheva explores her creative prowess with 'Gala in Sofia'

  Sonya Yoncheva, the Bulgarian star soprano, explores a new role and is now organising concerts herself. Accompanied by Plácido Domingo, she puts her mastery of music and stage to the test in "Gala in Sofia" with the awe-inspiring Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as a backdrop.View on euronews

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  Placido Domingo honoured in Spain after harassment allegations

  Spanish opera star Placido Domingo was honoured with an award at Madrid's Teatro Real on Thursday, a day after receiving a standing ovation for his first performance in his home country since a union said he had routinely harassed women. Spain last year cancelled planned performances by Domingo at publicly funded theatres, while the singer pulled out of shows after an investigation by the American Guild of Musical Artists concluded he had behaved inappropriately with female performers. U.S. in

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  Pauline Tinsley obituary

  Pauline Tinsley obituarySoprano whose commanding presence in Wagner, Verdi and Strauss was better appreciated internationally than in Britain Pauline Tinsley rehearsing for Aida at the Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, for the 1973 Holland festival. Photograph: Alamy

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  Elijah Moshinsky, refugee who became a celebrated opera and theatre director – obituary

  Eliajah Moshinsky, who has died from Covid-19 aged 75, was an opera, theatre and television director known for the intensity of his stagings, notably at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, where he worked with singers such as Plácido Domingo in Otello, Jon Vickers (Samson et Dalila) and Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il trovatore). While making his name with a stripped-back 1975 staging of Britten’s Peter Grimes that was described as “Brechtian”, he could not be pigeonholed as a minimalist director, soon lear

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  Placido Domingo denies abusing power at opera houses: ‘I have spent my whole life encouraging and driving people’

  Opera star Placido Domingo has denied abusing his power while in management positions at two US opera houses.The Spanish tenor and baritone apologised in February after being accused of inappropriate conduct, which allegedly took place over several years.

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  Otello review: Jonas Kaufmann's Verdi album is a splendid achievement

  This new studio recording of Verdi's Otello has been keenly anticipated. Even in a strongly competitive field including unforgettable performances led by Toscanini, Levine and Muti, it will doubtless rank as a front-line contender. Its primary focus of interest is Jonas Kaufmann, who takes the taxing title-role in the wake of Placido Domingo, who sang Otello in opera houses over 200 times, and who has bequeathed us several audio and video versions of his interpretation. Kaufmann’s reading is not

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  Placido Domingo to return to stage after sexual harrassment scandal

  Spanish opera star Plácido Domingo has announced he will return to the stage in September in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. The 79-year-old tenor-turned-baritone, who is currently convalescing after contracting coronavirus, posted dates for the operas Simon Boccanegra and Nabucco at Vienna’s Staatsoper on his Facebook page on Sunday. Several theatres around the world cancelled appearances by Mr Domingo after US investigations found him responsible for sexually harassing dozens of women

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